I'm stepping through the windows static library tutorial at
http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/CompilingLinkingD#Linkingmanually
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The fix is to specify the prebuilt .lib file on the command line:
dmd driver.d %cd%\libs\libfoo\libfoo.lib
```
The tutorial is for 32 bit so it uses OPTLINK. I'm using 64 bits
so it uses Microsoft's link.exe When I try
dmd -m64 -v driver.d
-L=/LIBPATH:"c:\dev\LibraryStudy\StaticLibrary\libfoobar"
I get this monstrosity
link.exe /NOLOGO "driver.obj" /DEFAULTLIB:phobos64
/LIBPATH:"c:\dev\LibraryStudy\StaticLibrary\libfoobar" /OPT:NOICF
/LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.27.29110\lib\x64"
legacy_stdio_definitions.lib /LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files
(x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.18362.0\ucrt\x64"
/LIBPATH:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows
Kits\10\lib\10.0.18362.0\um\x64"
which I think would work except for the fact the path argument
looses its double quotes.
Is there a fix?
I tried invoking link.exe directly with the ""s added manually,
but then link.exe complains that phobos64.lib can't be found.
